What I did was read through the MCAT content outlines ahead of time. While I was taking the classes, I would tag cards related to MCAT-testable subjects, BY that content outline (e.g. a card on nucleotides would be tagged MCAT BS Bio molecular genetics, because those were all headings on the content outline at that time). When I got to dedicated review time, I only had to search by the tags for the subjects I was currently studying, and add those cards to the deck I was building for MCAT.
Wow genius!
Very easy to combine no matter what, very easy to split them up IF you are thorough in your tagging. Always, always, always tag. It's better to use too many redundant tags than to use too few.
Thanks a lot 
I would just 'Custom Study' → Increase New Card Count
Put picture into a Cloze card with a sentence like "Structure 1 is the {{c1::anterior collateral ligament}}."
Don't Anki things that aren't in First Aid?
Why on earth do you have FC as a premed?
Haha, all good, but between posting here and your profile saying 'Premedical' I was a bit confused.
You can set the interval modifier to artificially shorten all of the intervals. But you really shouldn't need to up the frequency if you're getting them right multiple times within the 4wks.
I set it up normally for long term retention, tag material by which exam it's on, and use Cram/Custom Study decks to flip through things leading up to the exam. I want to have the algorithm maximize my spaced repetition for the long term. Any extra review I do for the exam only helps that.
I've fallen out of Anki a bit, since my school's curriculum isn't really geared towards it (they don't want us memorizing a lot of minutiae), but when I do ramp it up, I like to do a morning session and an evening one. That way, any new cards from the morning are either Learned or reset by the next day's reviews. The evening session is usually short, unless I choose to review ahead.
Yes to the bolded!
If you tag by subject, you can easily do subject-specific review without subdecks, using the Custom Study 'by card tag' options. Subdecks just make things messier.
Perfect. Thanks so much for your help.
You don't need to go through it 5-6 times. Put things in one large decks (after TAGGING thoroughly), set the Learn interval to something less than 12hrs, and then review once in the morning, once at night. That will get things to 'Review' stage quickly, unless you need to spend the extra time on them. After that, trust Anki to time things for you and get you the right number of repetitions. It may be there are some cards you only need to see 3x, while others you need to see 6. That's what the algorithms try to do for you. Set it for a reasonable minimum, and if you have extra energy, do more. When the exam gets close, do randomized Cram decks.
See the first, explanatory post in this thread. All cards start out as 'New' cards, meaning Anki doesn't expect you to know them, and therefore it does not apply its spaced repetition algorithm to them. In order to turn a New card into a Review card (where Anki gradually increases the interval between times you see the card, based on how well you know it), it has to go through a Learning phase. In order to complete the Learning phase and 'graduate' to Review card status, Anki will show you the card in a series of fixed intervals and you have to get it right every time or else start over. Those are your learning steps/intervals, and they can be changed in the New card settings (first tab in Deck options). Of note, how often you get the card wrong during Learning and then whether you ever mark it Easy will affect how quickly your intervals grow once it becomes a Review card. For more details, check out the Anki manual or else the first post in this thread.
